Flying target



(No Model.)

0. F. STOCK.

FLYING TARGET. No. 297,307. Patented Apr. 22,1884.

WITNESSES I mmnroR 7 BY M m ATTORNEYS.

Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of UNITED STATES PATENT tries.

CHARLES F. STOCK, OF PEORIA, ILLINOIS.

FLYING TARGET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,307. dated April 22, 1884.

Application filed February 1, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. SrocK, of

Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying Targets, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention consists in the construction and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my new and improved target, the ring being placed upon the carrier ready to be thrown. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ring, and Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the carrier.

A represents the carrier, and B the ring. The carrier A in this instance is made saucershaped, and of paper,wood veneer, sheet metal, or other nonfragile material. The ring B is made to fit upon the outer surface of the flange or rim of the carrier A, and is made of glass, clay, or other fragile material, and by preference it is formed at its lower edge with the inwardly-projecting lip 0r flange, a, over which the outer edge of the carrier A may be sprung for locking the carrier and ring B securely together, as will be understood from Fig. 1. The fragile ring B, arranged at the edge of the carrier A,weights the target at its outer edge, so that when thrown from a trap it sails more steadily through the air than it x would if itwere made of equal weight throughout, and the ring B being the only part broken when the target is struck with shot, and this being annular and flaring in form. if the target, when thrown from the trap, veers in the wind,as they are liable to do, agreater breaking-surface is not thereby presented to the sportsman than when the target sails properly through the air, so that in case of matches with this target one sportsman is not liable to be given a better target than the other. Besides these advantages, the target is cheap, and the fragile portion B, beingin ring form, will break more easily than solid targets, so that with this target there will be no failure to indicate the shot when well directed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent" 1. The combination of the fragile ring B,

formed on its lower inner edge with a flange, a, with the infrangible carrier-ring constructed to be inserted within the fragile ring, and be held therein by the said flange, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the fragile ring B, formed with a flange, a, on its lower inner edge, with the infrangible carrier -ring A, closed on its top and constructed to be inserted within the fragile ring and be held therein by the said flange, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES F. STOCK.

Witnesses:

H. A. WEsr, O. SEDGwrcK. 

